Former City Councilman Bob “Troll” Walsh shares observation about building a lasting organization to defeat the establishment. Before we read too much into the recent primary results, let’s consider a few factors:
Entries Tagged as 'Charlie Stallworth'
Walsh: Listen To The People If You Want To Build Lasting Coalitions
September 20th, 2016 · 47 Comments · City Politics
Tags: Bob "Troll" Walsh·Charlie Coviello·Charlie Stallworth·Ed Gomes·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore
GOP State Rep. Candidate: City Turning Into Old West
September 5th, 2016 · 1 Comment · Law Enforcement, News and Events, State Politics
Republican State House candidate Anthony Pizighelli, challenging incumbent Democrat Charlie Stallworth, writes in a commentary “One of my goals if elected is to work with Chief Perez to increase state funding for police services. Our police are so understaffed they spend their shift playing catch up with all the calls they have to respond to.”
Tags: AJ Perez·Charlie Stallworth
Moore Crushes McCarthy, Gomes Defeats Bradley, Stallworth Holds Off Pereira
August 10th, 2016 · 128 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
State Senator Marilyn Moore on Tuesday thrashed her Democratic primary opponent Tom McCarthy running up large pluralities in Bridgeport and performing strong in suburban Trumbull and Monroe, according to unofficial returns. State Senator Ed Gomes bested school board chairman Dennis Bradley and State Rep. Charlie Stallworth defeated school board member Maria Pereira in a close contest, […]
Tags: Andre Baker·Anthony Musto·Charlie Coviello·Charlie Stallworth·CT Post·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Tim Herbst·Tom McCarthy
How Many Times Have You Voted?
August 9th, 2016 · 7 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
All the mail pieces, phone calls, door knocks, lit drops, eblasts basically come down to this: which campaign operations most efficiently sway supporters to the polls today? And oh, we cannot forget absentee ballots, the safety net of campaigns falling short on the computer count. More than 1,000 absentee ballots have been cast citywide covering […]
Tags: Andre Baker·Charlie Coviello·Charlie Stallworth·Denise Merrill·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Tom McCarthy
Independent Expenditures Fund City Legislative Races
August 4th, 2016 · 14 Comments · City Politics, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Charter school advocates have made independent expenditures in local legislative races. Four Democratic primaries will take place on Tuesday. From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror: In its filings with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the group says it is supporting Soto over Hewett, Bradley over Gomes and Stallworth over Pereira. It had reported incurring expenses of […]
Tags: Charlie Stallworth·CT Mirror·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Mark Pazniokas
Stallworth-Pereira Primary Showdown, A Study In Personalities
August 4th, 2016 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Primaries are all about identifying your friends and dragging them out. By most accounts the Democratic State House primary in the 126th Assembly District between incumbent Charlie Stallworth and school board member Maria Pereira could go either way next Tuesday depending on the efficiency of their respective turnout operations. This is a battle between the party […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Tom McCarthy
Shaban Opens HQ In The Port: I’m A Team Guy … Not About Democrats Or Republicans
September 9th, 2016 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Republican candidate for Congress John Shaban on Thursday did something very few GOP regional candidates for office have even thought about: he opened his campaign headquarters in Bridgeport in an effort to broaden his reach against four-term Democratic incumbent Jim Himes in Connecticut’s 4th District.
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